Publications


Forthcoming Book with Bloomsbury

A Sense of Place: School Libraries at the Heart of Learning, Connection, and Belonging 

from Bloomsbury, Coming February 2026

Description:


Step into a world where school libraries are genuinely transformative environments that promote active learning, literacy, and connection.










Book With Arcadia Press

The Webb School of Bell Buckle (Campus History) 


by Susan Coop Howell  and  Hannah Byrd Little
From Amazon
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Journals:

Knowledge Quest - Published bimonthly from September through June by the American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association  - a peer-reviewed journal offering substantive information to assist building-level library media specialists, supervisors, library educators, and other decision-makers concerned with the development of school library media programs and services.



Knowledge Quest Journal - American Association of School Librarians -

From CORE values to CAPSTONE: Empowering Students Through Inclusive Research and Community Impact. 
 Little, Hannah Byrd, and Kevin Finn. "From CORE values to CAPSTONE: Empowering Students Through Inclusive Research and Community Impact." Knowledge Quest 53, no. 3 (2025): 20+. Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete (accessed June 6, 2025). 

INTERVIEW WITH Caroline Whitaker [Webb Graduate]

Little, Hannah Byrd. "INTERVIEW WITH Caroline Whitaker: Conducted by Hannah Byrd Little, library director at The Webb School: November 19, 2024." Knowledge Quest 53, no. 3 (2025): 26.

September / October 2022

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Little, H. B. (2022). A School Librarian's Purpose. Knowledge Quest, 51(1), 10+. 
"Hannah Byrd Little asks readers to consider the tension between our dearest values and changing world in “A School Librarian’s Purpose.” S.R. Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science are a succinct and elegant summation of the purpose of libraries, according to Little. His Fifth Law still rings true nearly one hundred years later, and is arguably the most important: “A library is a growing organism" - Iris Eichenlaub




Media Literacy a Moving TargetLink)

Knowledge Quest Journal - American Association of School Librarians

September / October 2018 
With ever-changing technologies and the prevalence of news delivered through social media, news media literacy can seem like a moving target.  Learn techniques from a librarian pushing the social media envelope and an experienced journalist, now a journalism professor.  Be inspired to critically read news and spot quality, responsible journalism, regardless of the format. 






Prove It! Putting together the evidence-based practice puzzle(Link)

Knowledge Quest Journal - American Association of School Librarians  [pp. 63-67]

January 2015  - Why is it important to prove that school libraries add value to the school program? Can the school library profession prove that school libraries are indispensable for a 21st-century education, even though the information is only a few clicks away? How can researchers and practitioners provide strong evidence to support their claims? What are the critical questions? Where is the evidence?




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